9:55 PM,
Mar. 10, 2013

A planned cell phone tower to be built at 500 Reynolds Road in Johnson City was recently approved. It will border Mountain Shadows Apartments.

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When Todd Koval heard recently about the 120-foot cell tower going up outside his Reynolds Road apartment complex, he wondered if there was a better spot.

But as the project, intended to fill an AT&T wireless coverage gap around the Oakdale Mall, received a green light from the Johnson City Planning Board, Koval and others who would neighbor the tower site aren't voicing any concerns. The cell tower will be built behind Warehouse Carpet Outlets, and neighbor the 88-unit Mountain Shadows Apartments.

"Having that tower isn't going to affect me so much as a renter," said Koval, a 34-year-old ...